diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/templates.go b/pkg/ddevapp/templates.go
index 5c88768f6d8..acc485dc834 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/templates.go
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ services:
 {{end}}
 networks:
   default:
-    external:
-      name: ddev_default
+    name: ddev_default
+    external: true
 volumes:
   {{if not .OmitDB }}
   mariadb-database:
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ services:
 
 networks:
   default:
-    external:
-      name: ddev_default
+    name: ddev_default
+    external: true
 volumes:
   ddev-global-cache:
     name: ddev-global-cache
@@ -510,6 +510,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 62s
 networks:
   default:
-    external:
-      name: ddev_default
+    name: ddev_default
+    external: true
 `
diff --git a/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/TestComposeWithStreams/test-compose-with-streams.yaml b/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/TestComposeWithStreams/test-compose-with-streams.yaml
index 8e5da6f6fbd..9a00043b8ce 100644
--- a/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/TestComposeWithStreams/test-compose-with-streams.yaml
+++ b/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/TestComposeWithStreams/test-compose-with-streams.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 networks:
   default:
-    external:
-      name: ddev_default
+    name: ddev_default
+    external: true
+
 services:
   web:
     container_name: TestComposeWithStreams
diff --git a/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/docker-compose.yml b/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/docker-compose.yml
index 44d91a0bdbf..d7271386487 100644
--- a/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pkg/dockerutil/testdata/docker-compose.yml
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 120s
 networks:
   default:
-    external:
-      name: ddev_default
+    name: ddev_default
+    external: true
+